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100	1		_aPradhan, G. _uProceedings of the Rice-Wheat Research End-of-Project Workshop; Kathmandu (Nepal); 1-3 Oct 1997
110	2		_aCentro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo (CIMMYT), Mexico DF (Mexico)
245	0	0	_aFarmer participatory research on the Chinese hand tractor, Rupandehi, Nepal, 1997
260			_aMexico, DF (Mexico) _bNARC|CIMMYT|Rice-Wheat System Research Consortium : _c1998
340			_aPrinted
520			_aThe Chinese hand tractor (CHT) and its implements were tested over one complete crop season of wheat in Rupandehi District in a joint program that included Rupandehi farmers, the National Wheat Research Program/Regional Agricultural Research Station (NWDP/RARS), Bhairahawa, the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)-Nepal, along with the District Agriculture Development Office (DADO)-Bhairahawa, the Bhairahawa Lumbini Ground Water Project (BLGWP), and the Agricultural Engineering Division (AED)-Khumaltar. A farmer participatory research approach was used in testing and evaluating the CHT. Farmers utilized the tractors under their own conditions and then gave a high approval rating of the technology. With additional testing and proper support programs, the tractor can alleviate Nepali farmers' problems of late wheat planting, poor crop establishment, and labor shortages, as well as diminish the stoop labor that is inherent in the current practices, in a socially and economically sustainable manner. What the seed drill can accomplish in a single pass (tilling soil to a fine tilth, drilling seed in rows, and planking) is remarkable to the farmers and reduces their turnaround time and cost of preparatory tillage. Moreover, with additional testing and evaluating of the tractors' other uses (e.g. harvesting, threshing, winnowing, fodder cutting, milling, pumping of water, pulling traditional oxcart), valuable dimensions can be added to this technology package.
536			_aConservation Agriculture Program
546			_aEnglish
591			_a9901|AGRIS 9901|R98-99ANALY
593			_aJose Juan Caballero
594			_aCJUS01
595			_aCPC
650	1	7	_aCropping systems _gAGROVOC _2 _91068
650	1	7	_aInnovation adoption _gAGROVOC _2 _91160
650	1	0	_aLabour
650	1	0	_aNepal
650	1	0	_aPlant production _91212
650	1	0	_aTechnology transfer
650	1	0	_aTractors
653	0		_aCIMMYT
650	1	7	_aTriticum _gAGROVOC _2 _91295
650	1	7	_aWheat _gAGROVOC _2 _91310
650	1	0	_91832 _aTillage _gAGROVOC
700	1		_aGami, V.K., _ecoaut.
700	1		_aHobbs, P.R.|Rajbhandari, N.P.
700	1		_aKhan, S.U., _ecoaut.
700	1		_aJustice, S. _gSustainable Intensification Program _gSustainable Agrifood Systems _8CJUS01 _9762
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